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Help: Black screen after 10 minutes of gaming.

I was playing Gears of War for the first time today and I tried playing it but after 10 minutes into the game, the monitor would turn black, sound would skip for 5 seconds then I'd have to hard reset the computer. Then if I try to turn on the computer couple seconds afterward it won't boot. I would have to turn off the PSU for 15 seconds then turn it back on then start up the computer again.

I played Crysis before with no problems. However this was before I installed the new drivers. I'll try it out too to see if it'll give me the same problems.

I have no idea what the problem is but it keeps happening. I tried putting another fan on the side of the computer to see if it'll work or not but still no good.

It's only a month old system. There is no dust or anything inside. I have everything opened w/ cold air blowing into the system. I'm guessing it might just be the game itself or maybe the video card keeps overheating?

It happened to me couple of times when playing Crysis but never CS: Source. Gears of War does it every single time even when the computer is cooled adequately.

Take a look in the Event viewer and see what is showing up at the times that this is happening. If you need help with using or understanding the Event Viewer you can get information from this site. Please post back here with what you find.

Does having the case open effect its performance?

Edited by dc3, 17 October 2008 - 10:38 AM.

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Thanks dc3. I'll try it tonight and keep you informed on what happens.

Having the case just drops the temps a little. I realize that the video card gets pretty hot. I do have enough fans in the computer and I'm not overclocking the CPU nor the GPU so temps don't get higher than 45C for the CPU.

UPDATE:
Thanks once again dc3. Totally forgot about event viewer. Anyway, I found the problem and fixed it right away! Thanks alot!!!

UPDATE:Thanks once again dc3. Totally forgot about event viewer. Anyway, I found the problem and fixed it right away! Thanks alot!!!

So, what was the problem?

The driver for the DVD drive was acting funny. I think it was from my old version of Nero that I tried to install. Said that one of the drivers got corrupted/stopped working. Updated my Nero and now no more crashes.